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September 18 2003, 1:00am, The Times

WISH FULFILMENT:

Lunch in Paris, from £70 a person

LEAVING Waterloo on the 08.23 in anticipation of a three-course Parisian lunch was more than enticing.

After we had croissants and coffee in the buffet car, the train entered the tunnel, then hurtled towards the Gare du Nord, from where I had allowed 45 minutes to make it to the Métro at Bastille. Brasserie Bofinger is tucked away in a small street around the corner from the famous square.

The restaurant is one of Paris’s original brasseries and has been serving regulars and Parisian luminaries on the same site since 1864 beneath its beautiful floral glass cupola.

Well-coiffed Parisians sat indulging in silver seafood platters, held just high enough to prevent too much conversation lest it…

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